Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-07-20
CraigsyisIe Items.
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EVANSVILLE, July 18th, 1887.
Chew! Have you heard any body say any
thing about it being hot? Is this the best Mr..
Greedy can do? h tried to freeze us last Win
ter, and now he has turned this hot wave Che
calls it) on us we call il a whole Ocean, break
ers aud all-thermometer waltzing high in the
nineties. Our nights. however, are pleasant;
gets a little cool towards day. and light blank
ct is not amiss, and this is boon denied our
friends East, let them come out where they
can enjoy at least cool nights and recover
somewhat from the effects of the days heat
Corn is suffering terribly for rains; the cat
crop now being harvested. and while an I'M
usually heavy yield of straw, the grain Is light
on account of the dry, hot weather; the hay
cropis an unusually fine one, but hands are
scarce and good deal will be lost ON account
OF farmers being unable to secure needed help
to save it. Mr.. Jas. A. Craig told me to-day he
found it impossible to get hands to put up his
hay as fast as one mower would cut 1t. A great
many of the best hands are offo pub lie works,
and those men engaged in bark, and as
the bark men pay higher wages they get the
hands early in the season and holding on to
them. The fruit-crop is almost an entire
| failure, and unless it rains soon, matters will
| look little blue for next years rations.
| Mr.. Allen B. Furgerson. who holds a respon-
| sible position with the N. N. & M. V. Co., paid
a flying visit to his father. Mr.. B. o. Furgerson,
Sunday. Allen is good fellow and deserved
| ly popular wherever known, and Craigsville
has reason to be proud of the young men she
has sent out, as all of them stand high in the
| different avoeations they have chosen
! A bright young lady remarked the other day
| that Craigsville was filled with married men.
| tan bark and dogs. well, from some signs in the
| atmosphere your correspondent thinks q bride
| or two will be added In the near future, where
| there is two or three good looking widower
| in the primeof life, well fixed" as to this
| worlds goods. the girls thinks it wrong to be
| too stubborn and yield with scarcely sigh,
| We have beau story to tell but Will wait I'M
| til our Informant gets over his scare and give
US an intelligent account of his adventure.
A fellow calling himself lice" passed
through here few days ago, hel stayed over
| night and told soul narrowing story of a
sons death, his wealth at home, his intimate
| acquaintance with prominent men of sKen-
lucky, now we had used all of his funds pre-
pairing his sons body and forwarding it home
for burial, &C., his story was rather thin to be
swallowed by our business men. SO he gather.
ed around him group oftender-hearted ladies
quoted scripture to them, wept with them
showed his deceased sons tooth, and left sew.
eral dollars richer. He held his hands over the
heads of the ladies.who listened to his tale O.
distress and blessed them, and said he might
forget his country, his mother, or his child
but he never, no never, could forget theil
kindness, and in four days, he would return
their money and a handsome present to show
his gratitude-the ladies are still waiting, but
with constantly decreasing confidence In
man. He claimed to ihail from ShelbyviIle
KY. Pass him around. SEMo.
The greatest bargains of the season can bt
found on our REMNANT COUNTER,
Shirley TAYLoR